CS Lewis has got nothing
Hemingway once got in a plane wreck in Africa while flying his wife to a hospital. The plane crashed, caught fire, and the door jammed. He had a broken arm, and a ruptured spleen. Did he give up and die like a wuss? No, he HEADBUTTED the door open, receiving a concussion in the process, and dragged his wife and himself to safety.
I'm sorry, you just cannot top that.